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limiting new account registrations | anamax: > For a project I'm working on I need to make sure as far as possible that users are not able to signup multiple accounts.For your convenience or theirs? |
What happens when a founder gets divorced? | gexla: Perhaps you are asking the wrong question. A more effective question is "what happens to a business when one of the owners gets divorced?" I have no knowledge of this area, but I'm sure there is a ton of info on the internet.I'm sure the answer largely depends on your business structure. For example, a corpor... |
How to kill the Trojan horse PSW.Agent.ABTK | newsdog: I've got an idea.I'll kill msboxnl.dll - it's just living in the system32 dir - and REPLACE it with some harmless dll!Anyone got any ideas on what harmless dll to use? |
Users vs. Time with Emotional Annotations By PG - anyone have it? | systemtrigger: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1704650/index.html |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | technomancy: Free software contributions.Nothing else comes close to contributions for demonstrating passion, coding ability, and communication skills. |
How best to heal your body? | mwerty: Not sure what your eating habits are but I went from 140 => 200 pounds when I spent a year mostly in bed (my eating habits were not too healthy to begin with).Make sure your activity/eating ratio is adjusted as necessary. |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | trekker7: what you've sold in the past, and how much of it. |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | zaidf: Real metrics showing how kickass of a job you previously did in a similar position.If you are just starting out, then your ATTITUDE towards customer development. Again, emphasis on measurable results. |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | FraaJad: Apart from relevant academic credentials, a link to your github/bitbucket/sourceforge profile. |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | Flemlord: A cover letter that shows enthusiasm and excitement about our company. We cast a wide net and do a screening interview for most of the applicants who seem qualified. (Our screening process weeds out 80% of the candidates.) If you're weak on our specific technology stack, a good cover letter may push you over ... |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | jwilliams: People generally need to be self-sufficient, self-starters, etc. Someone that you can point at something and leave to it. Someone that knows what's relevant to bug you with, and what they need to just work out for themselves.I'd usually look for these traits, rather than specific skills or experience. |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | bkbleikamp: Remember: the resumé only gets you an interview, the interview will get you the job.Previous experience is usually most important. If you don't have it, volunteer to be a community leader somewhere (a forum?)Short of experience, list things you've taught yourself (not necessarily computer related - did you... |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | udfalkso: URLs of great websites that you've previously been involved with. |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | derwiki: You have some sort of side projects that you've been working on. I've talked to people in start ups who say they won't even consider candidates who don't have this. |
How best to heal your body? | agent86: In 2007 I was involved in a major automobile accident. I fractured my neck at C6-C7 and completely shattered my right leg just above the ankle. I broke both bones completely, resulting in having a rod and screws implanted in the bone.It was 12 weeks with the neck brace on, and 14 weeks before I could walk un... |
What to put on a resume for a start up. | prakash: early stage sales, or before sales was a repeatable process. The lean-startup-circle group talks a lot about this, join that group and search the archives. |
What features do you miss in existing calendars? | yannis: Cutting the pics of the girls and sticking them on the wall in my garage :)Seriously, calendars are overstated applications and very few people really have a 'strong need'for it. Busy people's calendars are normally kept by their secretaries and I think there is potential in the opposite direction, providing ca... |
What happens when a founder gets divorced? | paulsingh: I'm no lawyer so, certainly take this with a grain of salt:When Fenwick put my incorporation paperwork together, I recall there being some sort of doc that assigned my equity to my wife in the event that I died or became otherwise incapacitated.I would think that a divorce might result in ex-wife trying to g... |
What features do you miss in existing calendars? | ScottWhigham: Simple: the ability to create easy, customizable printed event calendars. |
What features do you miss in existing calendars? | pbhjpbhj: Few seem to be able to take an email and easily make it into an event - just a regular email dragged from or forwarded from an existing MUA parsed for a start date (earliest date mentioned in the body), time, duration, people who need to know about it (sender and recipient at least).Easy synch is vital. |
Is there a way to do this in Google Apps email? If not there should be | shimon: Try http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/gmanager/ |
Is there a way to do this in Google Apps email? If not there should be | systemtrigger: How I do it: settings > accounts > get mail from other accounts > add a mail account you ownThen select: label incoming messages, archive incoming messages, and Yes, i want to be able to send mail as x.To read messages from another account, click its label. To send mail as another account, click the From... |
Is there a way to do this in Google Apps email? If not there should be | jaddison: I think what you're looking for is this: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=m...I have that set up myself for several addresses; all it does is send email through a given email address' SMTP servers. It does NOT retrieve emails for you. Specifically, this prevents Gmail from adding the S... |
Is there a way to do this in Google Apps email? If not there should be | amrith: I do something similar, maybe it will help.Go to Settings->Accounts and ImportsThere you can configure other POP3 enabled mail systems and retrieve mail as well as send email as if it were from that system.In that way google (and the gmail repository) becomes your single mail interface. I have five email addres... |
Insurance for startups | starkey: Can I assume by the lack of response that no one has insurance? This might not be an issue for a fresh college grad, but unfortunately I have personal liabilities I have to protect.Being 40, I have a house and family I have to protect from any mishaps that might occur.Am I being paranoid or is it not an issue... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | nazgulnarsil: build something to alleviate annoyance in your everyday life. even if someone else already has a product in that space, do it better. |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | BigZaphod: Having never done this myself, I have to ask: Shouldn't the normal order of process be: 1) have an idea, 2) quit job to work on it full time, 3) profit! It seems to me like your #1 and #2 are swapped. That doesn't mean it won't work out for you, though. :) |
Is there a way to do this in Google Apps email? If not there should be | ecksor: try http://mailplaneapp.com/
supports unlimited gmail accounts |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | edw519: the job happens to be my all-time favoriteWhat are you crazy?!?I've had many jobs and I've liked few of them. If you have a job you love working for a schoolmate, why would you want to leave? You don't even have any plans. I'd understand this a little better if you had a project you're dying to work on full ... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | ashishk: Here's a serious idea.An SMS-based/ mobile app that will help me and my family encourage each other to work out.For example, when I come back for a run, I would text in "just ran 5 miles" and my parents and sister would get the text /email/ twitter update and perhaps be encouraged to exercise as well!Some othe... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | Ixiaus: Just start building something and let it evolve - sort of like stream of consciousness writing when you have writers block.Just start building something simple and your mind will begin moving.I've done the same thing you have with my life, congrats on taking the leap :) You might find it worth your while to pic... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | TravisLS: I would love an app that could keep an inventory of the food i have on hand in my aparment (based on what I've ordered in the past and my own inventory revisions), allow me to order more when I run out (from freshdirect.com or whatever the local equivalent is), and provide me with recipes that I can make with... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | maxklein: Make an app in your favorite language with just a red button on it. Then just figure out what the button should do when pressed, and you'll be fine. |
Are there any high-end rentacoder type sites? | icey: The problem is that as soon as a site shows up and allows bids, there will always be people willing to underbid. It's a race to the bottom; and the people coming from places with lower costs of living will always be able to underbid you. |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | imp: Like others, I'm not really going to answer the question you asked, but instead offer unsolicited advice on the decision you've made.Being at home doing nothing is fun, but realize that you'll be at home working your ass off. If it was the "doing nothing" part that was most interesting to you then a startup may n... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | int2e: Here's 30 ideas: http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html |
Is there a way to do this in Google Apps email? If not there should be | PunchAndPie: I do something similar with labels and filters.I basically setup multiple email addresses in my Apps email account, then create a Label for each one.Then setup filters to check the 'to:' and 'from:' fields for a given email address, and apply the label.Now your 'Labels' sidebar acts as that drop-down that ... |
Are there any high-end rentacoder type sites? | jacquesm: Would be nice to have a list of all sites of this type and a general indication of their quality.It's certainly an interesting way to get stuff done. |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | flooha: I know exactly how you feel. I was recently laid off for 5 weeks and worked full-time on my startup. Working from home was so awesome... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=641400With that said, here are my thoughts.First of all, you're lucky if you enjoy your job and work with friends. I would strongly sugges... |
Are there any high-end rentacoder type sites? | byoung2: These rentacoder or elance sites make money by being the middleman. You can do the same by hiring these same workers overseas and reselling their services to local companies at a premium. |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | ptn: Scratch your own itch: build something you either need and doesn't exist or it does exist but sucks. |
Downloadable or SAAS? | byoung2: I would go SaaS only. The ones who insist on having everything on their servers are probably going to be high-maintenance customers you don't want to deal with anyway. Remember the 80/20 rule. The 20% of your clients who want the download will take up 80% of your time.You have to convince them that SaaS is ... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | mooted: Ouch! You seem to have fallen in love with laziness.>You are leaving a job you like, with no idea of what to do next.>You are leaving a job you like, inspired by vacation.Thats you being lazy. |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | didip: Are you bored with http://openphotovr.org and its time to find a new project?You did a really good job on it. Maybe you can create a business around it? |
What happens when a founder gets divorced? | p_h: The ex gets access half of the founder's equity, but a good incorporation (or shareholder's?) contract will allow the other partners to buy out the wife's shares before she can actually become a "partner" in the company. |
How do you do realtime | tsestrich: Well, the idea behind "realtime" as it pertains to Twitter is that it is about events happening that minute. While your page might not be refreshed immediately to see new information, you COULD refresh it yourself to view it. That's real time, versus something like a blog (except a live blog of course) where... |
How do you do realtime | jacquesm: Realtime is a thing that has two meanings, what you call 'realtime' is not really realtime, which means 'when it happens', but more of a softer version of it.To make the distinction, consider 'hard' realtime, where the events are very closely followed, usually with a guaranteed latency between something occur... |
How do you do realtime | asimjalis: The alternative to polling would be to have the server notify the browser that the data has changed. Here is one way to do it: The browser can do an HTTP GET and have a thread block on it -- later when the server has new data it sends the notification as a response to this GET. This way you are not polling o... |
How do you do realtime | hedgehog: You can push data to the browser over a transport called BOSH:http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0124.htmlhttp://code.stanziq.com/strophe/Strophe + ejabberd & twisted is working working well for me. |
Is there a way to do this in Google Apps email? If not there should be | abosworth: Very similar functionality with a Greasemonkey script:Review: http://lifehacker.com/343881/quickly-switch-google-accounts-...Script Page: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/16341 |
How to find manufacturer for fabric product? | byoung2: I don't know about sweat shops, but you can find manufacturers for almost anything at http://www.globalsources.com/ |
How to find manufacturer for fabric product? | sid: Why dont you try www.alibaba.com they have manufacturers from around the world and alot of my friends that have manufacturing companies advertise there |
Insurance for startups | aquaphile: Requirements will depend upon your state, your office setup, your line of business, and the amount of capital involved. We have the following:
* Workers' Compensation policy
* Business Personal Property policy
* Commercial Liability Umbrella policy
* Directors & Officers ("D&O") policy
* Errors & Omissions ... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | alexmacgregor: Contact me, alexander dot macgregor at gmail dot com, if you like. I am working on a project that might interest you.I'd also be happy to discuss any ideas you might have. :) |
How do you do realtime | marram: Technically, the simplest way to do this is via polling+ajax. In our project we implement this as follows:Every n minutes, the clients polls for updates. It sends along a marker token.
The token is either a timestamp it has previously received from the server, or a serialized/json version of the "client model"... |
How do you do realtime | kallistec: Right. "Realtime" is a bit overloaded of a term, and you've identified the two main interpretations.The realtime data concept has a bunch of buzz right now and is predicted by some to replace "web 2.0" as the most overused buzzword. The optimistic view of this trend is that always-on internet and smart phone... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | pageman: maybe you can be inspired by this list: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=782428 |
Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the market grown larger? | noodle: the audience has hit its saturation point. if you're not podcasting, either you don't understand it (i.e, you don't need an ipod to consume podcasts), don't know about it, or don't want to do it.i'd like to see a popular alternative podcasting application rise up. something better than itunes, geared towards ... |
Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the market grown larger? | hayroob: Podcasting for most is an analog for radio and until podcasts are as at hand as radio is, it's market share will be capped. Most people want to be able to press a button their dashboard and here a show, not go search it out, put it on their iPod and then hook that up to their car. |
Viruses wanted for masters project | yan: Are you looking specifically for viruses or other types of malware? Have you checked out http://offensivecomputing.net ? |
Viruses wanted for masters project | eshi: I'm not sure how useful this will be for you, but http://vx.netlux.org/ has a decent collection that's somewhat dated. |
How do you name your startups or web apps? | Mankhool: I'm developing my first mobile / web app. I wanted it to have a Canadian theme. My wife suggested "Gander", as in Newfoundland. Close to where the transatlantic cable comes out of the sea and close to where Amelia Earhart stopped for fuel.
I wanted "Maple" and after vacillating between it and a few others I d... |
Viruses wanted for masters project | profquail: You could also send some emails out to the makers of some anti-virus and malware software (McAfee, Kapersky, LavaSoft, etc.); I'm sure they have plenty of samples they could offer you.Also, check out this list of big computer worms on Wikipedia, perhaps you could search around and find copies of them:
http:/... |
How do you name your startups or web apps? | mg1313: Try this www.dotomator.com ... |
Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the market grown larger? | olihb: I would listen to more podcasts if I could wake up with them(alarm clock), listen to them in my car without burning a CD or loading an USB key. I think that's the missing link.I think people think the alternative(radio stations) suck but the convenience of only having to turn the radio wins. |
How do you name your startups or web apps? | jacquesm: Thesaurus, a corpus of text based on project gutenberg.Usually I have a fair idea of the kinds of words I want around a project, the thesaurus gives one or two alternatives that I had not thought of (English 2nd language here), then I use a little program I wrote that tries to pull together two or more words ... |
How do you name your startups or web apps? | chinmi: You think long, hard and often.As long as you're the least bit creative, after a while (days, weeks,...) your brain will come up with something.Try deforming an existing word à la Google, try combining two words into one (techcrunch), try using numbers or you can even try and invent a new word.Squatters can't b... |
Viruses wanted for masters project | dryicerx: A suggested alternative is to use span pcap dumps of network environments that have viruses spreading through them (I used a few of them for a earlier project for worm detection), although I can't seem to find those website at the moment. But something to keep in mind. Try searching for Defcon packet dumps.A ... |
Is there a stack-overflow-like site devoted to graphic design? | windsurfer: As a designer, there is rarely a single, simple solution to a problem. The best thing you can do is talk to someone, get them to figure out your problem, and then help you with your niche task. |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | Kaizyn: Seriously, do not quit your job UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR KILLER IDEA!! Apologies for those who can't stand the all-caps. If you have a good job now, what you should do is move to a cheaper place to live and get your bills down to as low as possible. In the meantime, do some market research and really think ... |
Is "Transcendent Man" worth watching ? | rms: I'd like to see it. Is it showing somewhere? |
How much equity to give away for $100k? | vaksel: $3.50you can't really answer such question if you don't say what it is you are doing. |
How much equity to give away for $100k? | RiderOfGiraffes: What's your expected turnover and profit in year 1? Year 2? Year 3?What is the probability of failure?The following is really, really rough, so feel free to argue with it, but here's some thinking.Suppose a VC expects, on average, to double their money over three years. Suppose you have a 10% chance o... |
Is "Transcendent Man" worth watching ? | geuis: The movie hasn't been released yet. I created some of the Second Life video that is supposed to appear in the final cut of the film. From the pre-release footage I've seen so far it is worth watching. Some of it is a reiteration of Kurzweil's last book, but there is some new material as well. If your intimately ... |
How much equity to give away for $100k? | brk: An oversimplification to illustrate the concept:Shares = investment amount/current valuationThere is no universal answer. If your version 1.0 is likely to earn us $1B in sales the first year you would give away a hell of a lot less than if your version 1.0 is a freemium app targeted towards furries to help find l... |
I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own? | zackola: I think you should have already built something else - at least a prototype - in your free time while staying gainfully employed and then quit later when you can at least guarantee yourself and any dependents a lifestyle full of roofs and ramen. |
Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the market grown larger? | CyberFonic: Listening to podcasts takes too long. I can speed read articles and skip the boring bits. Podcasts are too linear. I have even tried playing back at 150% speed, but even that takes too long. Another problem with podcasts is that they are produced by people who can't say things succinctly and in a very i... |
When are you most alert? | jacquesm: I'm a 'night' person, that's when I work best, when it is absolutely quiet around me.But there seems to be no way to get that in there. |
When are you most alert? | profquail: I'm more of a morning person, I will usually wake up (naturally, without an alarm clock) around 6am, which gives me a few hours to get some work done without any distractions.I put my information into this survey, and it shows a dip in my "alertness" around 3pm. I've heard that a good way to calculate this i... |
When are you most alert? | edw519: Having a siesta seems to be hard-wired into usGood! I crash harder at 5:00 pm than at any time during the night. Glad to see there's a good reason for that.I also like having a "siesta". Breaks my day into two distinct and effective work sessions. |
Downloadable or SAAS? | turtle4: IMO, SaaS is good for the developer (of the SaaS), and for the (very) small business customer. Downloadable is better for the slightly larger business, or a business that has more technical know-how than software budget.It follows that since you are the developer, and since your are starting out, you should f... |
When are you most alert? | YuriNiyazov: 6pm |
Startup infrastructure setup | st3fan: Here are some random thoughts:Don't have your source code repository just in the office. I would strongly suggest to use a distributed system like git or hg while also keeping a master repo on something like a 6 USD/month rackspacecloud server.I move backups to Amazon S3. I simply export databases and repositor... |
Startup infrastructure setup | brk: Criteria 1: Cheap (don't spend too much at this stage)Criteria 2: Easy (your time is better spent on other things)Criteria 3: Portable (if successful, you will move to a larger/better office. If not, you will sell this stuff to someone else. Either way, keep it portable)I wouldn't overthink this right now. Do wh... |
When are you most alert? | steerpike: When I'm being chased by zombies. |
When are you most alert? | ngs: I'm a night person, but if I force myself to get up early and go for a run then immediately after I am at my most alert, no matter it is 12 hours away from what is usually my most productive time of the day. I guess cave people didn't have a choice when it was time to run from a sabre-toothed tiger. |
When are you most alert? | sdave: I am morning person.
I usually design code most important functions,classes in the morning & surely introduce much lesser bugs in them. |
Pick My Career | Mystalic: 1. Your college major doesn't determine your career. That's a flat-out myth.2. WHY are you going back to school? What benefit does it and the debt that'll come with it give?3. How many more classes do you need to graduate?4. Have you tried out programming? Gone and seen how hackers work every day? Are you ... |
Pick My Career | byoung2: I'm an English major turned programmer. Just a heads-up, from what I've seen in people I've interviewed for programming jobs, college teaches you very few programming skills (lots of theory, though) that are useful in the real world (of hacking). I'm self-taught (C++, Perl, PHP, Javascript, SQL), and the bes... |
When are you most alert? | nico: I am missing the 1am-6am period, this is by far the time I feel most alert and manage to get the most work done. Apparently having utter silence and few distractions help! (even though I always listen to music while I work) |
Startup infrastructure setup | lrm242: Use Google Apps for Domains for your email and calendar. No need, IMO, to run your own mail server. We are currently 10 employees and have no physical servers. We have 1 Linode that is our build server and source repository, and we use Google Apps for everything else.Source control: Subversion hosted on a Linod... |
When are you most alert? | crux_: I'm most alert in the late morning or late evening.However, for me, alertness is almost negatively correlated with actually getting things done --- unless I'm working on the "1% inspiration" parts, I have major trouble staying on task.For the "99% perspiration" that makes up any project, the early morning is oft... |
Startup infrastructure setup | byoung2: I've worked briefly for two startups since 2007. While both are still going strong, they both wasted money (in my opinion) on the following things:Apple hardware (including 30 inch cinema displays),
Herman Miller Aeron Chairs, and
Glass Desks |
Startup infrastructure setup | JayNeely: For whiteboards, just buy a 4' x 8' showerboard panel from Home Depot, or Lowes. It's a thin piece of board treated with melamine, a perfect, cheap surface for whiteboard writing.http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000679.php - You could cover your walls with this stuff for cheap. |
Extending the morning rush of ideas | cjg: How about a morning bath rather than a shower. It works for me. |
When are you most alert? | elcron: I'm most productive when it's light out, but I like to stay up late and get up late. |
When are you most alert? | dkarl: I'm most alert in the mid-morning, about an hour after I sit down at the computer. My mind is active and energetic at that time, and I'm keenly aware of practical issues, such as schedules and customers. This is the best time to prioritize my tasks and do straightforward design work. I also spend this time fi... |
When are you most alert? | GrandMasterBirt: "# Afternoon tiredness can be overcome by coffee or a 20 minute nap (ideally both, since caffeine takes 20 minutes before it gets through your system).
# If you like to limit your caffeine intake, you may want to save your quota for when you experience your natural dip. "Evil! I don't drink caffeine! I... |
When are you most alert? | quizbiz: 12 am. |
Pick My Career | allenp: If you feel like you have time to explore who you are and what you want to do, I'd suggest casting a wide net and taking some survey courses in potential areas of interest for you. If you like Psych and SQL you might enjoy Sociology - see if your school has a statistics programming class for the social sciences... |
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